Rangpur JaPa leaders want Ershad to be buried in hometown

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Rangpur Correspondent
Published : 13:31, Jul 14, 2019 | Updated : 13:37, Jul 14, 2019

Jatiya Party’s Rangpur unit leaders have demanded that former military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad be buried either in Rangpur or at Suhrawardy Udyan beside the three great national leaders.Jatiya Party’s Rangpur unit leaders have demanded that former military dictator Hussain Muhammad Ershad be buried either in Rangpur or at Suhrawardy Udyan beside the three great national leaders.
Rangpur City Corporation Mayor Mostafizur Rahman Mostafa pressed the demand while addressing a media call on Sunday (Jul 14).
“Before his death, Ershad expressed his wish to be buried at Palli Nibash [his Rangpur residence],” said Mostafa, who also serves as the party’s district unit chief.
He added that if he is buried at the military graveyard in Dhaka, the Rangpur leaders won’t be able to pay their respects.
Mostafa also demanded that Ershad be buried with the honours of a successful president.
Former military strongman Ershad died at the Combined Military Hospital in Dhaka at the age of 89 on Sunday (Jul 14).
He had been ill for the last eight months and also underwent treatment at Singapore’s Mount Elizabeth Hospital before the Dec 31 national polls.

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